Released ahead of the 75 th anniversary of the health service, NHS England’s plan aims to tackle the biggest problems it faces: recruitment and retention. The 151-page document details the current ...

This investment targets the current shortfall of NHS staff, which has around 150,000 vacancies. This shortfall is forcast to grow to 260,000–360,000 staff vacancies by 2036-37 without any intervention ...

NHS England published its long-term workforce plan in June, which estimated it will need around 60 per cent more staff by 2036/37. Bosses want its headcount to balloon from 1.5million in 2021/22 ...